Notable Alumni

*Eric C. Tostrud ’90

*Leo I. Brisbois ’87
*Jeanne J. Graham ’85
Steven E. Rau ’83
Janice Symchych ’77
* Becky R. Thorson ’95
*Elizabeth Cowan Wright ’06

*Donovan W. Frank ’77
*Chief Judge Paul A. Magnuson ’63

Chief Justice Douglas K. Amdahl ’51
Chief Justice Roger L. Dell 1920
Justice Samuel L. Hanson ’65
Chief Justice Eric J. Magnuson ’76
*Justice Anne K. McKeig ’92
Justice Helen Meyer ’83
Justice William P. Murphy 1922
Justice Martin A. Nelson 1916
Chief Justice Peter S. Popovich ’47
Justice George M. Scott ’51
Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich ’55 
Justice Rosalie E. Wahl ’67
Justice Luther Youngdahl 1921

Justice Albert H. Angstman 1912, Montana Supreme Court
Chief Justice James T. Harrison 1926, Montana Supreme Court

James B. Florey ’81
Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks ’85
Samuel L. Hanson ’65
Carol A. Hooten ’78
Doris Ohlsen Huspeni ’70
*Matthew E. Johnson ’92 (formerly chief judge)
*Michelle A. Larkin ’92
Peter S. Popovich ’47
*Denise D. Reilly ’83
*Peter M. Reyes Jr. ’97
John R. Rodenberg ’81
Heidi S. Schellhas ’80
Robert H. Schumacher ’62
Susanne C. Sedgwick ’56
Gordon W. Shumaker ’71
*Randall J. Slieter ’86
John P. Smith ’75
*Renee L. Worke ’83

Elmer A. Benson 1918  (served as governor 1937-1939)
Floyd B. Olson 1915  (served as governor 1931-1936)
Luther Youngdahl 1921  (served as governor 1947-1951)

Lori Swanson ’95
G. Aaron Youngquist 1909

Susan Allen, LL.M. ’00
First American Indian woman legislator in Minnesota

Jeffrey R. Anderson ’75
Pioneering advocate for victims of sexual abuse

John Choi ’95
Ramsey County Attorney, nation’s first Korean-American county attorney

Regina M. Chu ’80
First Asian American female district court judge in Minnesota

Sue K. Dosal ’79
Minnesota’s first state court administrator

William T. Francis 1904
First African American to achieve the rank of minister in the foreign service (U.S. minister to Liberia)

Charles H. Johnson ’75
Leading attorney for people harmed by pharmaceuticals and medical devices

C. Paul Jones LL.M. ’55
Minnesota’s first public defender

Daniel Lew ‘95
Chief Public Defender for Minnesota’s Sixth Judicial District, the first Asian Pacific American chief public defender in Minnesota

Stephen L. Maxwell ’53
First African American district court judge in Minnesota

Anne McKeig ’92
First Native American named to Minnesota Supreme Court and first Native American woman named to any state supreme court

Chris Messerly ’86
Led the pro bono effort in pursuing justice for victims of the I-35W bridge collapse

Hassan Ali Mohamud ’02
First Somali law graduate in Minnesota

Cara Lee Neville ’75
First female president, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association

Jessie R. Nicholson ’85
First African American to lead a legal services program in Minnesota

Peter Popovich ’47
Minnesota’s first Court of Appeals chief judge

Lenor A. Scheffler ’88
First member of the Mdewakanton Dakota Community to become a lawyer

Judge Susanne C. Sedgwick ’56
Founding member, National Association of Women Judges

Joanne M. Smith ’77
First female chief judge of a Minnesota district court

Lena O. Smith 1921
Minnesota’s first African American woman lawyer

Lori Swanson ’95
Minnesota’s first female attorney general

Christopher Thao ’86
First Hmong lawyer in the United States

Sophia Vuelo ’98
First judge of Hmong descent in Minnesota, and third Hmong-American to serve as a judge in the United States.

Rosalie Wahl ’67
First woman on the Minnesota Supreme Court

Kenneth J. Abdo ’82
Partner, Fox Rothschild

Landon J. Ascheman ’09
Owner, Ascheman Law

Brian Batzli ’85
Chairman Emeritus, Merchant & Gould

Jeffery L. Cameron ’99
Founding Partner, Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch

Michael A. Collyard ’00
Chair, Ediscovery Group, Robins Kaplan

Gloria Contreras Edin ’05
Owner and Founder, Contreras Edin Law

Thomas G. Dickson ’94
Managing Partner, Patterson, Thuente

William C. Griffith ’88
President, Larkin Hoffman

Sam Hanson ’65
Managing Partner, Briggs and Morgan

Frank Harris ’75
Executive Director, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education

David G. Hellmuth ’92
Founding Partner, Hellmuth & Johnson

Brian N. Johnson ’81
Founding Partner, Nilan Johnson Lewis

Chad A. Johnson ’92
Founding Partner, Hellmuth & Johnson

Michael A. Klutho ’87
CFO, Bassford Remele

Ross E. Kramer ’74
Co-Founder, Messerli & Kramer

Martin R. Lueck ’84
Chairman of the Executive Board, Robins Kaplan

Steven W. Lundberg ’82
Founding Partner, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

B. Steven Messick ’08
Owner and Managing Attorney, Messick Law

Christopher D. Pham ’09
Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron

Tiffany M. Quick ’01
Management Committee, Bassford Remele

David D. Ramson ’91
Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Steven A. Schumeister ’76
Managing Partner, Robins Kaplan

Michael L. Schwegman ’72
Founding Partner, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

T.J. Snodgrass ’92
Founding Partner, Larson King

Lisa Spencer ’01
President, Henson Efron

Gregory Stenmoe ’81
Past President, Briggs & Morgan

Paul J. Zech ’84
President, Felhaber Larson

Robin Alton ’86
President, Pan-O-Gold Baking Company

Lynn M. Anderson ’80
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Holiday Companies

James A. Baker ’03
Intellectual Property Counsel, 3M Company

Eric A. Bakken ’94
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Business Development, Regis Corporation

Kenya Bodden ’01
Legal Risk Manager, Amazon

Stephen Bonner ’72
Former President and CEO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Gregory L. Buck ’87
President, Productivity

Mara Burr ’95
Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group

Matthew Brown ’09
Tax Partner, EisnerAmper

James R. Chiapetta ’94
Senior Patent Counsel, Boston Scientific

Dan Enebo ’97
Chief IP Counsel, Cargill

Rolf Engh ’82
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Valspar Corporation

James R. Frey ’93
President, Wabash Management Company

Karen P. Gallivan ’83
Vice President, General Council and Secretary, Graco

Patrick Garay-Heelan ’09
Senior Vice President, Wealth Advisor, 1834, a Division of Old National Bank

Mary S. Giesler ’95
Vice President, General Counsel, Minnesota Twins

Nicole James Gilchrist ’03
Senior Counsel, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Robert C. Klas ’79
CEO, Tapemark Company

Douglas E. Klint ’76
General Counsel, Taser International

Richard Mack ’93
Executive Vice President and CFO, The Mosaic Company

Chris Montana ’13
Founder, CEO, and Head Distiller, Du Nord Social Spirits

Daniel P. O’Keefe ’78
General Counsel/Executive Vice President, Aon Benfield

J. Richard Soderberg ’88
Chief IP Counsel, Tesla Motors

Jessica Stomski ’08
General Counsel, Prairie Island Indian Community

Ugo Ukabam ’02
Director and Senior Counsel, General Mills

Sean Whitlock ’04
CEO and General Counsel, Whitlock Capital Group

Amy (Min) Xu ’97
Chief Patent Counsel, Alibaba

Gail Chang Bohr ’91
Executive Director Emerita, Children’s Law Center of Minnesota

William H. DeParcq ’30
Founder, Courage Center

Susan M. Haigh ’77
President and CEO, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity

Duchess Harris ’11
Professor and inaugural chair of American Studies at Macalester College

Thomas Hoch ’81
President and CEO, Hennepin Theatre Trust

Steven J. Kirsch ’76
Pro Bono Award recipient for 24 years of service to Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services

Gwen Lerner ’78
Co-founder, Children’s Law Center of Minnesota

Neal Loidolt ’92
President and CEO,  Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans

Jessie R. Nicholson ’85
CEO, Southeastern Minnesota Regional Legal Services

Bud Philbrook ’83
Trustee, Co-founder, President and CEO, Global Volunteers

Victor Vieth ’87
Executive Director Emeritus, Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center

Donald F. Zibell ’62
Established Minnesota’s first group home for people with developmental disabilities